Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus probably leads the world.
H. L. MenckenIt seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for men subscribing to every sort of idea that is currently prevalent
H. L. MenckenThe theory behind representative government is that superior men-or at least men not inferior to the average in ability and integrity-are chosen to manage the public business, and that they carry on this work with reasonable intelligence and honest. There is little support for that theory in known facts.
H. L. Mencken